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Blues greats re-emerge from the pages of history

5065 days ago

Guardian Music — 1963/1964: Number 23 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of world and folk musicIn early 1963, an east coast guitar player and fan of the blues called Tom Hoskins found himself poring over an old road atlas, looking for a place called A... more info

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Bob Dylan - Bob Dylan Denied London Honour

5065 days ago

ContactMusic — Folk legend Bob Dylan has been denied a top accolade in his favourite London neighbourhood after officials decided he doesn't qualify for the honour. The rocker was recently nominated for the Freedom Of Haringey to mark his recent 70th birthday and h... more info

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Questionable Choices: Leighton Meester Play-Acts at Folk Singer

5066 days ago

Big Apple Music Scene — Leighton Meester is a 25-year-old actress known for portraying a well-bred rich kid from Manhattan and recording saccharine electronic pop music. And yes, she also appeared in Country Strong -- but was it Joni or Joan who said, "One role in a contri... more info

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This Week's Interesting DVD Releases - June 14, 2011

5067 days ago

LargeHeartedBoy — Two films get the Criterion Collection films this week, Kon Ichikawa's The Makioka Sisters and Nicolas Roeg's Insignificance Two documentaries are exceptionally appealing in the list. Vanishing of the Bees explores depleting populations of honeybees ... more info

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Seven Ages of Rock: Episode 1 - The Birth of Rock (BBC Rockumentary)

5067 days ago

Totally Fuzzy — The rock revolution of the 1960's seen through the life and music of Jimi Hendrix. The first doomed icon of rock, Hendrix was the synthesis of everything that had gone before him and all that was to come. The Birth Of Rock also explores the infl... more info

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Bob Dylan is is accused of being a 'Judas'

5069 days ago

Guardian Music — 17 May 1966: Number 10 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of rock musicLooking back, the rage at Bob Dylan's abandonment of political songwriting in favour of performing with a Fender Stratocaster and a rock'n'roll backing band seems u... more info

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Vaughan Williams is top of the Discs

5069 days ago

Scotsman.com — THE Beatles, Bob Dylan and Beethoven were among the most popular artists chosen by the public when they were invited to compile their own Desert Island Discs. more info

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Woodstock invents the mega-festival

5069 days ago

Guardian Music — 15-17 August 1969: Number 18 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of rock musicJust as the Glastonbury festival doesn't actually take place in Glastonbury, Woodstock didn't happen in Woodstock, either. The festival in Bethel, New York, ... more info

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Bob Dylan begins his 'never-ending' tour

5069 days ago

Guardian Music — 7 June 1988: Number 41 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of rock music There wasn't anything special about Bob Dylan's show in Concord, California – until it became apparent, years later, that it had been the first stop on a touring... more info

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Hard Ground, poems by Tom Waits, photographs by Michael O'Brien - review

5070 days ago

Guardian Music — Can Tom Waits do with poetry what he does in song? Tom Waits is widely acknowledged as the poet par excellence of the dispossessed. From his first album, Closing Time in 1973, through Blue Valentine, Rain Dogs, Mule Variations and many more, he has p... more info

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